I noticed my system/app folder in root explorer only has 36k free left of storage. Is this normal. I know the folder has all my apks in it. I tried theming my helix launcher but it won't let me put the file there to do so.

I noticed my system/app folder in root explorer only has 36k free left of storage. Is this normal. I know the folder has all my apks in it. I tried theming my helix launcher but it won't let me put the file there to do so.

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That can't be right unless you've moved most of yours apps from /data/app to /system/app, I have about 28mbs free.

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That could be correct, why not? Maybe you have a lot of apps downloaded. I woudl look into apps2sd to clear up space... or if you want to theme something, pull the apk, delete it from your phone, and push in the new one (suggest doing this in recovery with your system mounted)

That could be correct, why not? Maybe you have a lot of apps downloaded. I woudl look into apps2sd to clear up space... or if you want to theme something, pull the apk, delete it from your phone, and push in the new one (suggest doing this in recovery with your system mounted)

I noticed my system/app folder in root explorer only has 36k free left of storage. Is this normal. I know the folder has all my apks in it. I tried theming my helix launcher but it won't let me put the file there to do so.

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Are you running Cyanogen by chance? A themed version specifically.

The space isn't just in /system/app/ is is the entire system partition where you are lacking space. Some ROMs and themes fill up the system partition rather well, making theming things a pain. A filled up system partition isn't a problem though, well if you want to theme it is. But as far as performance goes, it is no problem.

To combat this, maybe get rid of some things. You may want to make a backup prior to doing some deletions just in case you delete something you ended up wanting. Apps you don't use, multiple launchers, as some ROMs come with 3 or 4 of them. Corp Cal, Amazon mp3, e-mail, facebook, visual voicemail, google goggles among many others can be kinda useless if you use other apps or don't use them.

Ringtones is another way to get back some space. /system/media/*folders* . Root explorer will allow you to play the ogg files to see if you like the sound byte. I have noticed some larger ones in there sometimes.

If you don't want to take those steps and only want to theme market apps, you can resign them. [HOW TO] Manuals for creating a theme - xda-developers There are a couple posts (2 and 4 specifically) that kinda tell you how to resign apks. You then can reinstall them to data, like a normal market app. You will have to uninstall the current version prior, more than likely. Also, you will have to uninstall, before downloading market updates too. But...it works.

are you running cyanogen that takes up some space koush is making a new program to theme with i think it will be done this weeek so you dont have to change it on every update ...can you say shweeeeeeeeeeeeet